Tag: Hardrock 100

While it’s been a week or so since the Alpine Challenge, a combination of waiting on the results and myself being away a lot recently has meant for a slight delay in the report back, which I also thought would Read More …

A couple of big races dominated proceedings this weekend, with one, Hardrock being the highlight of the running calendar. If you haven’t heard already, Kilian Jornet aka Superman won Hardrock with his left arm in a makeshift sling (see below), Read More …

Focus this week moves over to the US once again for another of the big ones in our world, the Hardrock 100. There have been plenty of hand grenades thrown across the Atlantic in recent weeks between the US and Read More …

It’s a bit of a mixed bag to start the week as we draw close to the festive season here in Australia, but still with plenty of racing to go, including the big one at the close of the Aussie Read More …

It’s been a big old couple of weeks for Aussie and Kiwis on the trails (and roads) around the world, and I have to say, but I think the Kiwis may have edged us slightly 😉 We travel from the Read More …

For those of us who read yesterday’s instalment, we’re following the journey of Andy Hewat, long time ultra runner here on Aussie shores and one of the most experienced over at Hardrock as far as the Aussie contingent is concerned. Read More …

If you’ve been around on the Ultra scene for long enough, many of you will know Andy Hewat, one of Australia’s most experienced ultrarunners. I think in conversation once, he told me that he ran his first ultra back in Read More …

Here at Ultra168, we’re big fans of some of the gnarliest, toughest racing around and Hardrock 100 fits slap bang into that category. The race has a certain allure this year as returning champ from last year, Kilian Jornet is Read More …

This article is very much inspired by the feats of Kirk Apt who this year completed his twentieth straight Hardrock 100. On the face of it, it might not seem all that tough to turn up to a 100 miler Read More …

I distinctly remember the moment that I witnessed the hold the Hardrock 100 race can have over people – we were sitting down to dinner at this years Transvulcania Ultra on the island of La Palma and Anton Krupicka was Read More …

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